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| 释义 | pocket pocket /; AmE / noun, verb, adjective
■ noun [C, usually sing.]
OUT-OF-POCKET
the amount of money that a person, an organization or a government has available to spend: London has hotels to suit every pocket. Employees pay for small items from their own pockets and then claim the money back. SYN PURSE
IDIOMS
out of pocket (especially BrE) having lost money as a result of sth: The collapse of the company has left thousands of investors out of pocket. After paying legal costs, they were $50 000 out of pocket.
BURN, DEEP adj., DEEP adv., DIP verb, FILL, LINE verb, HAND noun
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to earn or win an amount of money: He pocketed a profit of $6 million from the deal.
2 to take or keep sth, especially an amount of money, in an illegal or a dishonest way; to steal sth: He regularly charges passengers more than the normal fare and pockets the difference.
■ adjective [only before noun]
used to describe sth that is very small or small enough to be put and carried in a pocket: a pocket pager/organizer/dictionary You can use a pocket PC to send and receive email. ⇨ POCKET-SIZED |
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